Bathing-cap.



F. A. BLOCH.

BATHING CAP.

APPLICATION FILED JULYIZ, 1915.

1,172,927, Patented Feb. 22,1916.

lnventor:

FLORENCE A. BLOCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATHING-CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed July 12, 1915. Serial No. 39,289.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE A. BLooH, residing at and whose post-otficeaddress is 127 West One hundred and forty-first street, of the city ofNew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bathing-Caps; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved article ofmanufacture consisting of a convertible cap primarily adapted for theuse of women and children in surf bathing.

Broadly stated my object is to render a bathing cap convertible into abag in which bathing garments, stockings and slippers may be carried,and readily convertible again into a cap.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows a side elevation of anarticle constructed in accordance with my invention it being shown inthe form of a cap. Fig. 2 shows the article converted into a bag.

Referring to Fig. 1 the cap 1 is or may be of the usual or any preferredkind and is preferably made of rubber cloth. Its crown is shownsurmounted by a frill which, in the normal position of the article,merely constitutes an ornament or decoration. Within this frill,however, the cap is formed with an bpening 2 which may be held closed bya drawing string 3 passed through a hem surrounding the opening, or inlieu of the drawing string an elastic may be employed. When the drawingstring is used its extremities may be tied into a bow or knot and, asthe string is within the frill, it is concealed from view when thearticle is worn upon the head or, in the absence of the frill, the bowor knot may be concealed within the opening.

The cap is provided with a lining 4 which is secured to the lower edge 5of the cap proper and is placed over the head of the wearer when the capis in its normal position. This lining, however, may be withdrawn fromwithin the crown of the cap into the position illustrated in Fig. 2 whenit and the cap proper constitute a bag, access to which is had throughthe opening 2.

It will be noted that the side of the surface which constitutes theinside of the bag does not come into contact with the head of the wearerwhen the article is used as a cap. Consequently sand that may havegathered upon the bathing garments and shoes will not necessarily getinto the hair of the wearer. Furthermore it is customary for women towear small tight fitting skull caps in addition to the bathing capproper. By my invention the lining 4 performs the office of this skullcap in addition to its function of forming part of the bag. It willfurther be noted that the drawing string 3 may be slipped over the wristof the user and carried like the ordinary cords of a hand bag.

I claim as my invention As an article of manufacture, a cap, having anopening in its crown, means for closing said opening, and a liningmember normally positioned within the crown but capable of withdrawal toform, with the cap proper, a bag or receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

FLORENCE A. BLOOH.

Witnesses:

JULIUS GUGGENHEIM, JOSEPH BLooH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. O.

